Local Wausau News

A motorcycle driver died in a crash Tuesday morning in Clark County, according to the Clark County Sheriff's Department.

Wisconsin's private-sector job growth ranked 38th in the country last year, trailing the national average.

A shoe company that's been around for 100 years opened a store in Wausau.

GENESEE FALLS, N.Y. (AP) -- Authorities say a Good Samaritan trying to help a western New York man in distress turned out to be a Bad Samaritan. 

A report on injury prevention says West Virginia has by far the highest rate of drug overdose deaths in the nation.

A Wisconsin wife surprised her husband with a family photo shoot for Father's Day, featuring him as "The Caped Crusader."

Pope Francis has entered the climate change debate, warning in his own words -- our home is being ruined.

The Food and Drug Administration has officially banned the use of trans fat in all human food within three years.

Assembly Speaker Robin Vos says Republican legislative leaders are focusing on cutting borrowing for road projects by $800 million.

Beaver Dam officials have changed the city's rules on service animals after a woman took a baby kangaroo into a McDonald's restaurant.

Republican Ron Johnson says he won't decide whether to take a pledge to keep third-party money out of his U.S. Senate race against Democrat Russ Feingold until more details emerge about Feingold's political action...

A Wisconsin senator is teaming with the family of a dead U.S. Marine to try to bring change to the VA hospital system.

ONALASKA, Wis. (AP) -- Police say emergency crews have recovered the body of a woman from Lake Onalaska, 

BELOIT, Wis. (AP) -- The police chief and deputy chief in Beloit have been put on administrative leave.

Crews worked quickly Tuesday to put up new speed limit signs.

Ten-year-old Haili Hintz of Stevens Point will be raising money this weekend with a rummage sale and lemonade stand. 

Lambeau Field is being tranformed into a country music concert venue.

DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) -- A bird flu outbreak in the Midwest has actually resulted in cheaper chicken meat in the U.S. because exports have been restricted, leaving a plentiful domestic supply.In a monthly poultry market report published Tuesday, the U.S. Department of Agriculture says importers halted shipments even though chickens remain unaffected by bird flu. Wholesale prices in the Northeast are 32 percent lower than a year earlier. Drumsticks are down 33 percent.The bird flu outbreak did...

WAUSAU (WAOW)- Business experts say more people over the age of 50 are becoming entrepreneurs. 

HATLEY (WAOW) - The investigation into the shooting of an 11-year-old boy when he and a teenager were playing with a gun has been completed, the Marathon County Sheriff's Department said Tuesday.